/u/Fivewater's posts in /r/WritingPrompts
[WP] On the brink of climate disaster the world irrigated the Sahara and created the grid—endless perfect rows of genetically enhanced mangrove trees serving as earth’s ultimate carbon sink. People came to explore, and then some to live.
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[WP] You are a purgatory standards enforcement officer, sworn to ensure complete mediocreness in all purgatory businesses and establishments.
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[WP] The time reef. The legends say it can only be reached by swimming deep enough to make a return to the surface impossible. You must risk drowning.
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[WP] The afterlife government runs a boat that ferries souls to earth so they can visit loved ones. Today, your lawyer argues before a jury the case for you to get one of the limited spots.
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[WP] In 2300 the flow of time is controlled by a bunch of shitty mega-corporations. Quality is lacking and options are limited. Today, enough is enough. You place a call to customer service.
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[WP] Setups that regularly last several years. Punchlines and pranks that almost no one understands except the other members. This is the infamous "Deep Comedy" club.
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[WP] You have a strange feeling the other customers at a convenience store are watching you. Their faces tense whenever you wave your hand over the candy options.
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[WP] During the briefing, Dawson's gift for thinking of analogous fictional situations to sum up each upcoming stage in the investigation is initially well received but with each successive attempt draws more and more ire from his colleagues.
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[WP] You're an amateur necromancer who has managed to make a living reviving children's pets but you've always dreamed of more.
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[WP] On earth you'd be the smartest intelligent life form, but on planet ds4q37 you're an underappreciated human rancher. Lately the entitled megaplanet dwellers in your Galaxy have been protesting against poor conditions and refusing to buy human products without a special certification.
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